2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 211 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and media studies students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #37 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate School

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

11 Graduate Certificates

#14 in Quality in Virginia

$8,360 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the best value school in Virginia for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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